Was this game badly received in Japan? Because from the looks alone it does seem pretty nice but I admit I haven't seen much besides some videos where most of them were an anime cutscene and very little gameplay.

Was this game badly received in Japan? Because from the looks alone it does seem pretty nice but I admit I haven't seen much besides some videos where most of them were an anime cutscene and very little gameplay.

I've read on multiple sites that it was nominated for Japan's "worst game of the year" award. I'm not sure the original source, but that rumor seems rather widespread.

Was this game badly received in Japan? Because from the looks alone it does seem pretty nice but I admit I haven't seen much besides some videos where most of them were an anime cutscene and very little gameplay.

I've read on multiple sites that it was nominated for Japan's "worst game of the year" award. I'm not sure the original source, but that rumor seems rather widespread.

Normally I stick my nose out of things like ratings, especially if it's a mixed review -- I like to think some will like it, some won't. Hell, some people HATE games that are otherwise unanimously loved. I stick my nose out of it UNLESS a game is unanimously hated, then I feel I have a moral obligation to warn people from spending fifty bucks on something most of the world has tried and hated.

Was this game badly received in Japan? Because from the looks alone it does seem pretty nice but I admit I haven't seen much besides some videos where most of them were an anime cutscene and very little gameplay.

You just answered you own question there chief. The entire game is mostly anime cutscenes (specifically that tea party, which is the game's attempt as having Tales of skits) and very little of anything else aside from cut corners and lazy pallet swaps everywhere (NPC are literally cardboard cutouts, the dungeons are ugly, empty, and recycled, battles consist of attacking, dodging, and chewing through wave after wave of the same 5 pallet swapped enemies one at a time, and everything else is menus or that goddamn tea party). Its a game that makes Ar Tonelico 3 look like a professionally made product.